ERDMAN, Constantine Jacob, (grandson of Jacob Erdman),
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Upper Saucon Township,
near Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., September 4, 1846; attended the common
schools of the district and a classical school in Quakerstown, Pa.; was
graduated from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1865; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1867 and practiced in Allentown, Pa.; elected district
attorney in 1874; adjutant of the Fourth Regiment, National Guard of
Pennsylvania, during the riots at Reading in 1877; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); was not
a candidate for reelection in 1896; resumed the practice of law in Allentown;
trustee of Muhlenberg College at Allentown; president of the Coplay Cement
Manufacturing Co., the Allentown & Coopersburg Turnpike Co., and the Allen
Fire Insurance Co. for many years; died in Allentown, Pa., January 15, 1911;
interment in Fairview Cemetery.